Digital religion, memory kingdoms, mules, purloined music and surrealist Mad Men: that was the week that was in PC gaming news. Here are the best bits of the last seven days of RPS, and a few of the most ludicrous too.

Mightily mustachioed Ronin Dan Gril offers a judgement on MMO Rift. Just how is its war and crafting?

More Deus Ex 3 lids are lifted – this time, we get a peeky-see at its hacking system.

Secret Minecraft mod / digital religion Chain World has been one of the week’s major talking points. Even amongst those who didn’t bother to watch the video showing how it began and instead went on to make all sorts of erroneous presumptions.

Alec gets his rant on for the Dragon Age Facebook game. More to come on this subject soon, actually – this is not a matter of disliking Facebook games, but of believing that more caution perhaps must exercised in how traditional genres are adapted for free to play mechanics.